FROM GILDED GOLF CLUB ROOM, TRUMP BRAGS ABOUT HIMSELF, TELLS TROOPS 'WE'RE WINNING' AGAINST FOES

President Donald Trump thanked U.S. troops for their service on Thursday, assuring them we're really winning against America's foes as he celebrated Than... READ MORE›

U.S. WANTS TO BUILD 'TSUNAMI OF AIR POWER' IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT IMPACT IS YEARS AWAY

All were seasoned Mi-17 pilots, mostly in their 30s and 40s, and they seemed confident in their ability to transfer their skills to the Black Hawks... READ MORE›

EX-GITMO DETAINEE SUES CANADA FOR ALLEGED TORTURE ROLE

Algerian Djamel Ameziane says Canada was complicit in his detention and torture at US-run Guantanamo Bay prison... READ MORE›

REPORTER READS NEWS MINUTES AFTER ISIL ATTACKS STATION

Defiant Parwiz Sapy appeared calm and collected on Shamshad TV as he announced to viewers on Tuesday The attack has ended... READ MORE›

'THEY CANNOT SILENCE US': KABUL TV STATION BACK ON AIR MOMENTS AFTER ATTACK

It was the first major attack on an Afghan media organisation since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001... READ MORE›

GUNMEN STORM TV STATION IN KABUL

Last year seven members of staff from the private Tolo television station were killed in a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul... READ MORE›

AFTER A BLOODY WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN, ELECTED OFFICIALS SEEK ANSWERS FROM GHANI

Mariam Koofi, a parliament member from the northeastern Badakhshan province, lamented what she sees as an increasingly complicated fight for security in Afghanistan... READ MORE›

IN KABUL, FIRST EVENING SOCCER MATCH IN NEARLY FOUR DECADES DEFIES TALIBAN ATTACKS

Before the Soviet invasion, night events in Kabul were routine, said Mubarez, who was deputy minister of culture under former Afghan King Mohammed Zahir Shar... READ MORE›

CAR BOMB KILLS 15 AFGHAN CADETS, TRAINERS OUTSIDE KABUL MILITARY SCHOOL

Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a particularly deadly week for Afghanistan's security forces... READ MORE›

CAR BOMB KILLS 15 AFGHAN ARMY PERSONNEL IN KABUL

The university, on the western outskirts of Kabul, is home to the Afghan military's officer training school and other training academies... READ MORE›

DOZENS KILLED IN TWIN BOMBINGS OF MOSQUES IN AFGHANISTAN

More than 70 people have been killed in twin suicide bombings on mosques in Afghanistan, government officials said... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 63 KILLED IN SEPARATE BOMBINGS IN AFGHANISTAN

The so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan has taken responsibility for most of the attacks targeting Shia, whom the Sunni extremist group considers to be apostates... READ MORE›

BRITISH OUTDOOR CLOTHING BRAND MUSTO BOUGHT BY NORWAY'S HELLY HANSEN

As part of the deal, Mr Stoneham will become executive chairman of Musto, with Peter Smith remaining chief executive of the shooting, sailing and ski brand... READ MORE›

AFGHAN ARMY BASE DESTROYED BY TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS

At least 43 Afghan soldiers have been killed after two suicide bombers in Humvee trucks targeted a military base in the southern province of Kandahar... READ MORE›

TALIBAN ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 69 ACROSS AFGHANISTAN

Taliban militants struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including a senior police commander, and wounding scores of others... READ MORE›

AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN 'SUICIDE ATTACK' KILLS DOZENS

Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen have stormed a police training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez, killing at least 33 people, officials say... READ MORE›

AFGHAN PRESIDENT, U.S. GENERAL VOW AMBITIOUS AIR WAR TO DEFEAT TALIBAN

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- With a just-delivered Black Hawk helicopter sitting on a military runway behind him, Gen... READ MORE›

NEW U.S. HELICOPTERS MARK MAJOR CHANGE FOR AFGHAN AIR FORCE

The Afghan pilots are expected to begin flying their own missions in the Black Hawks by early next year, officials said... READ MORE›

IRAQ: WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF HAWIJA?

Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from ISIL, one of their last strongholds in Iraq... READ MORE›

AFGHAN OFFICIAL: 2 PEOPLE KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMBS

Gelani Farhad, spokesman for Herat's provincial governor, said another officer was wounded when a police vehicle triggered the explosive in the Adraskan district... READ MORE›

12 AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES KILLED IN KANDAHAR

Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi said the Taliban captured Maroof for a few hours and after removing weapons and other items left the district... READ MORE›

'NO-ONE CARES, MATE': BEING A WAR VETERAN AT 27

I've also met some Vietnam veterans who have never spoken about their military service ever again... READ MORE›

FATHER OF ROBOTICS TEAM MEMBER KILLED IN HERAT ATTACK

On Wednesday, a Taliban attack targeting NATO troops in Kandahar killed two US soliders... READ MORE›

'AFGHAN' FIRING ON PAKISTAN CENSUS TEAM KILLS SEVERAL

In February, Pakistan sealed all border crossings with Afghanistan for over a month after a wave of attacks across Pakistan killed more than 100 people... READ MORE›

A senior Taliban commander in the Pakistani city of Quetta said that 12 years of incarceration had also caused some psychological problems for Noori and Fazl... READ MORE›

OBAMA'S DRONE WAR A 'RECRUITMENT TOOL' FOR ISIS, SAY US AIR FORCE WHISTLEBLOWERS

From its inception, the drone program has been troubled by reports of mistaken targeting... READ MORE›

TALIBAN LEADER FEARED PAKISTAN BEFORE HE WAS KILLED

For many in the Taliban, Mullah Mansour's death represented a devastating betrayal by their longtime patron and sponsor, Pakistan, that has split and demoralized the ranks... READ MORE›

1,100 AFGHAN CHILDREN A DAY 'TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL'

Today should be a happy day in Afghanistan as children go back to class for the first time after a long winter... READ MORE›

SOLDIERS KILLED AS TALIBAN STORMS KANDAHAR BASE

However, the Taliban claimed to have killed at least 70 soldiers and to have seized a number of army vehicles, equipment, machinery and weapons... READ MORE›

AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN AFGHAN 'INSIDER ATTACK'

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters attacked a district headquarters in the Kandahar province using a suicide car bomb, said Samim Khpolwak, a spokesman for the governor... READ MORE›

VICE-PRESIDENT LEAVES AFGHANISTAN AMID TORTURE AND RAPE CLAIMS

Abdul Rashid Dostum flew to Turkey on Friday evening reportedly for medical treatment, according to sources in the Afghan government... READ MORE›

'TALIBAN FIGHTERS KILLED' IN HELMAND GUN BATTLE

On Thursday, at least five security officials were killed and several wounded in a Taliban-claimed car bomb attack near their checkpost also in the Gereshk district... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 15 AFGHAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK

A Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province has left at least 15 Afghan soldiers dead, according to government officials... READ MORE›

UNAMA: ISIL, TALIBAN JOINTLY ATTACKED MIRZAWALANG

It was collective punishment, Sami Yousafzai, an Afghan journalist who has covered the war and Taliban since their emergence, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›

AN AFGHAN MOTHERS HEARTACHE THREE SONS DEAD IN A DAY

In recent years, the United States-led coalition fighting the Taliban has been drawn down to a small mission... READ MORE›

KABUL SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS AT LEAST 24 AND LEAVES 40 INJURED

Acting Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said at least 24 people had been killed and 40 wounded but the casualty toll could rise further... READ MORE›

'I NEVER STOPPED PRAYING OUR LIVES MIGHT RETURN TO NORMAL'

Osama bin Laden's family on the run 'I never stopped praying our lives might return to normal'... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN REOPENS MAJOR AFGHANISTAN BORDER CROSSING

The Chaman crossing into Afghanistan's Kandahar province was reopened on humanitarian grounds after Afghan officials submitted a request, according to a statement by the Pakistani military... READ MORE›

AFGHAN FORCES CAPTURE TAYWARA DISTRICT FROM TALIBAN

Afghan security forces have recaptured a district in central Afghanistan that had fallen to the Taliban five days ago, officials said... READ MORE›

OBAMA TO KEEP TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN PAST 2016

Officials Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2016... READ MORE›

LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE MILITANTS

Taliban territory Life in Afghanistan under the militants... READ MORE›

'COLLATERAL DAMAGE' VS. 'ENEMY COMBATANTS' -- RT OP-EDGE

This comes when Iraqi forces, backed by America, are also conducting a massive anti-ISIS operation in the area focusing on Mosul and surrounding villages... READ MORE›

OBAMA OUTLINES PLAN TO KEEP 5,500 TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

Obama outlines plan to keep 5 500 troops in afghanistan... READ MORE›

WE WASTED $113B IN AFGHANISTAN, NO WONDER 'AMERICA FIRST' RESONATES

After 15 years, The reconstruction effort in Afghanistan is in a perilous state, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko concludes in his 236-page report... READ MORE›

GERMANY USED TO BE THE PROMISED LAND FOR MIGRANTS. NOW, IT'S TURNING BACK MORE OF THEM.

In August, Germany blocked 46 percent of migrants from Austria, compared with 7 percent in January... READ MORE›

WHY DEADLY KABUL BOMBING IS CRISIS FOR ALL OF AFGHANISTAN

Even before the latest atrocity, the United Nations had warned that this year was proving deadlier for civilians in Kabul than anywhere else in the country... READ MORE›

IN ANATOMY OF AN AFGHAN BOMBING CLUES OF A TANGLED WAR

Once the hotbed of the Taliban insurgency, Kandahar has remained relatively stable as district after district in surrounding provinces has fallen to the militants... READ MORE›

CIVILIAN DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN REACH NEW HIGH UN SAYS

Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Reach New High, U.N. Says... READ MORE›

AFGHAN TALIBAN KILL DOZENS AT KANDAHAR AIRPORT

Dozens of people have been killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar... READ MORE›

MORE US TROOPS SEEN STAYING IN AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban, whose main focus is toppling Afghanistan's government, is a problem for Afghan forces... READ MORE›

ABOUT 12 RELEASED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES IMPLICATED IN ATTACKS ON AMERICANS

Edward R. Royce R-Calif., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has also written legislation that would require greater transparency surrounding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees... READ MORE›